Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Pay
English answer:
economically producible hydrocarbons
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Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Mar 8, 2015 11:38
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English term
Pay
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Petroleum Eng/Sci
oil production
I have closed my previous question because it was errant.
I have come across the term "Pay-check" in a technical text regarding petroleum production and production measurement.
The sentence is:
• Current day dry oil Pay-Check allowable deviation
Later the text shows that "Pay" and Check" are separate terms. Therefore I am repeating the question for the 2 different terms.
Any suggestions? I haven't found any answer searching in specific dictionaries.
Thanks in advance.
I have come across the term "Pay-check" in a technical text regarding petroleum production and production measurement.
The sentence is:
• Current day dry oil Pay-Check allowable deviation
Later the text shows that "Pay" and Check" are separate terms. Therefore I am repeating the question for the 2 different terms.
Any suggestions? I haven't found any answer searching in specific dictionaries.
Thanks in advance.
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economically producible hydrocarbons
pay
English | Español
1. n. [Geology]
A reservoir or portion of a reservoir that contains economically producible hydrocarbons. The term derives from the fact that it is capable of "paying" an income. Pay is also called pay sand or pay zone. The overall interval in which pay sections occur is the gross pay; the smaller portions of the gross pay that meet local criteria for pay (such as minimum porosity, permeability and hydrocarbon saturation) are net pay.
See: hydrocarbon, permeability, porosity, reservoir, sand
English | Español
1. n. [Geology]
A reservoir or portion of a reservoir that contains economically producible hydrocarbons. The term derives from the fact that it is capable of "paying" an income. Pay is also called pay sand or pay zone. The overall interval in which pay sections occur is the gross pay; the smaller portions of the gross pay that meet local criteria for pay (such as minimum porosity, permeability and hydrocarbon saturation) are net pay.
See: hydrocarbon, permeability, porosity, reservoir, sand
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продуктивный пласт
чаще встречается как pay zone.
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Note added at 17 hrs (2015-03-09 05:08:37 GMT)
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Sorry, for my comment only in Russian.
Pay or more often used as 'pay zone' is the synonim of producing interval.
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Note added at 17 hrs (2015-03-09 05:08:37 GMT)
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Sorry, for my comment only in Russian.
Pay or more often used as 'pay zone' is the synonim of producing interval.
Reference comments
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Reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrophysics
Thickness of rock with enough permeability to deliver fluids to a well bore is often called “Net reservoir rock.” In the oil and gas industry, another quantity “Net Pay” is computed which is the thickness of rock that can deliver hydrocarbons to the well bore at a profitable rate.
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